Dialup

Gareth_Boyd · #1 01-28-06, 09:07 AM

Do you like dialup?

Brandon · #2 01-28-06, 09:47 AM

Lol NO! I use DSL.

Yowser · #3 01-28-06, 02:25 PM

Nah, cable or DSL is a must IMO!

Brandon · #4 01-28-06, 07:37 PM

I dont even think this is a fair question, lol. Who really does "like" dialup

Yowser · #5 01-29-06, 03:22 AM

True, in some locations ppl may like the price but these days you can usually get dsl or cable for a few dollars more than AOL or MSN sell their dialup.

LIKING dialup is about the same as liking to have your teeth pulled.

linuxhq · #6 01-31-06, 08:47 PM

i hate the speed of dialup, but you should also look at the technology aspects of a modem. A modem is short for modulator/demodulator, and uses a base frequency on an analog line to convert signals to digital. No modem - no dsl, or other projects that sprouted from it

Brandon · #7 01-31-06, 09:09 PM

Linuxgq - You sound very smart talking, lol. What is modulator/demodulator?

linuxhq · #8 01-31-06, 09:12 PM

when info travels over a phone line, it travels in an analog frequency, which a computer cant read. A modem changes analog signals to digital and vice-versa, hence modulator/demodulator

Brandon · #9 02-01-06, 08:18 PM

Ok thanks for the vocab help!

Trigoon · #10 02-19-06, 03:28 PM

DSL here

Harmony · #11 02-20-06, 03:49 PM

ya, the only time i used dial up is to use it to get dsl lol

dojo · #12 02-22-06, 03:44 PM

Well, I like it. If it wasn't for it I would have waited for 3 years till starting web design. Fortunatelly I was able to use it, even if it's working as a snail. Now I have a good line and dial up is just a memory

Brandon · #13 02-22-06, 04:46 PM

Soon everyone will have T1 or something lol.. Can't wait till' I can say that old cable line is memory too.

MicroGeak · #14 03-02-06, 09:59 AM

Dial up was good at first.. sinse many people didn't know what "fast" internet was like.

No-Kaiz · #15 08-19-06, 01:13 AM

i have to use dsl, where i promote music i need to send mp3 files, and heavy size hings so dial up was bad for me, when internet came out dial up was the best there was iuntill broadband came out, i do notice since i moved to america the broadband is like 5X faster then broadband in the uk, it takes roughly 2 minutes to download a 10MB file, it is very fast, quest is the best broadband internet service in MN (USA)

Wacko · #16 08-24-06, 03:52 PM

Cable! Theirs no other way to go.

cheapez · #17 08-24-06, 09:00 PM

With dialup your Ip changes every times you connect
That is the only thing i like
very slow connection

Cheapez

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Rob · #18 09-02-06, 08:07 PM

Well, I use 1MB DSL, plan to upgrade to 8MB soon :D

inspiration100 · #19 09-02-06, 08:27 PM

Cable, couldn't hardly live without it. I dunno, I suppose I could go with DSL.

linuxhq · #20 09-02-06, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheapez

With dialup your Ip changes every times you connect
That is the only thing i like
very slow connection

Cheapez

Same with almost all dsl providers. only always on cable garantess a same ip address, and rogers speed plus is the only one i can think of thats ip never changes, even if shut off and restarted.